by Gary Howey | Jun 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two of the most sought-after fish in the upper Midwest are the bass and walleye and as the water temperatures begin to rise, these fish become more active. The largemouth Bass, pre-spawn when the water temperatures hit 48 to 55 degrees, when the begin to move...
by Gary Howey | Jun 29, 2025 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns
Summer officially arrived and we’ve had close to one-hundred-degree days, with more sun and warmer weather ahead. For those of us who’ve suffered through the long cold winter, a warm sunny day gets people outside in the sun. When I was...
by Gary Howey | Apr 3, 2025 | Turkey, Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting, Uncategorized
With the Spring Turkey season coming up soon, it won’t be long before the gobble of the Tom turkey will echo across the location I plan to hunt. I’ve already gotten permission to hunt the land, and according to the brothers that work the land, there’s a good number of...
by Gary Howey | Mar 23, 2025 | Turkey, Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting, Uncategorized
Unlike other deadly addictions that we hear about all the time, turkey hunting is an addiction bringing you more satisfaction as the caller brings the gobbler. I remember on my first spring turkey hunt, where I hunted with two friends, in Nebraska, which wasn’t...
by Gary Howey | Mar 22, 2025 | Turkey, Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting, Uncategorized
One thing I always do before the spring turkey season opens, is to do some pre-season scouting, to locate some of the areas that held the flocks of birds in the past, with each flock having several adult gobblers, juveniles and mature gobblers. Turkeys, like all life,...
